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How do I write a successful essay?

This is a big question with lots of important parts. Put simply though, writing an essay is all about argument and answering your question . You must make sure a very clear argument runs throughout every sen...
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“Stalin’s leadership was the most significant reason for the Soviet victory over Germany in the 1941-45 war.” Assess the validity of this view.

While many complex and intertwining factors including the Soviet economy, German mistakes, Lend-Lease aid and the determination of the Soviet people arguably all contributed to Soviet victory over the Wehrma...
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What do I need to include in order to answer a 'how valuable' source question effectively?

At A level, there are 3 key elements of these source questions that must be addressed in any answer. These are: 1) content, 2) provenance and 3) tone. Discussing each one in turn: 1) The content of the sourc...
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How to approach and analyse historiography

Historiography refers to different historians’ written interpretations of events and periods of history. In order to analyse different historians’ arguments, it is important to determine how far the historia...
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What do I have to do when I answer an extract question for A Level History?

One crucial thing to remember, which is such a common mistake by students, is to remember it is an EXTRACT. The texts are not "sources", they are extracts from historians writing their take on the ...
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